Wednesday May 15, 2019 & Thursday May 16, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know where the 50 states are. Students will know the physical and cultural regions of the US.

Circle: What is your single favorite place to go in the summer time? What is the first book you ever remember reading?

Pre Test: You will be taking the 50 states map quiz pre test.

Online Map Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003  Here is an online map quiz to practice.

Class Competition: We will be breaking the class into 2 or 3 groups and competing in the map quiz competition.

Infinite Campus: We will be looking at Infinite Campus and writing down any assignment we are currently missing.

World Issues/ Make-up Time: The remainder of class will be spent working on your World Issues Projects as well as any assignments you are missing.

Thursday May 2, 2019 & Friday May 3, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know the roots and the beliefs of the five major religions in our world today.

Circle: Would you rather have to hunt & gather for your own food for the rest of your life, or only be able to eat fast food for the rest of your life.

World Issues Project: Students will have 30 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

World Religions Brochure: We will be starting to work on our World Religions Brochures in class today. The rubric for these is on the assignment on Classroom. We will be using Venngage to create our brochures.

Due: 
Green Day: Friday May 10th
Gold Day: Monday May 13th

Tuesday April 30, 2019 & Wednesday May 1, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know the roots and the beliefs of the five major religions in our world today.

Circle: Would you rather have to hunt & gather for your own food for the rest of your life, or only be able to eat fast food for the rest of your life.

World Issues Project: Students will have 30 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

World Religions: We will be finishing up our World Religions chart today in class. Each student will be assigned a type of religion to research and report answers back to the class.

Different religions, same God Newsela

Wednesday April 24, 2019 & Thursday April 25, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know the roots and the beliefs of the five major religions in our world today.

Circle: Would you rather only be able to eat breakfast or dinner foods for the rest of your life? 

World Issues Project: Students will have 30 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

World Religions: We will start filling out the World Religions chart today in class. Each student will be assigned a type of religion to research and report answers back to the class.

Thursday April 4, 2019 & Friday April 5, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: What is your go to pizza order? Would you rather only be able to eat other peoples left overs or only be able to eat burnt food.

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Venn Diagram: You will be working in class to fill our a venn diagram with the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Paper: We will be creating potential claims for both body paragraphs together in class. You will then be writing the paper.

Tuesday April 2, 2019 & Wednesday April 3, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: What is the best practical joke you've ever been a part of? If you had 1 shirt to wear for the rest of the year with one word on it, what word would it be?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Venn Diagram: You will be working in class to fill our a venn diagram with the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Paper: We will be creating potential claims for both body paragraphs together in class. You will then be writing the paper.

Friday March 29, 2019 & Monday April 1, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: When a decision has to be made, do you prefer to step up and make the decision, or do you prefer to be told what to do? What is one thing you are looking forward to this weekend?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid Research:
https://searchblackandeducation.com/stories/2017/2/5/selected-laws-from-apartheid
http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/HIST/Apartheid%20Legislation%20in%20South%20Africa.htm
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

Jim Crow Laws:  We will be watching this short video that talks about a specific family and the way they were affected by racism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSaq5d_2TEs

Jim Crow Pictures: You will be going on Google to find pictures that show what Jim Crow laws were.

NY Times Population Maps: We will be looking at these population maps to show how housing segregation is still an issue in America today.

Comparing Apartheid and Jim Crow
Group Areas Act (1950) vs Fair Housing Act (1968)
Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) vs Voting Rights Act 1965
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) vs Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Exit Ticket: What is one way Apartheid and Jim Crow were similar?